February 14, 2011

The Force Was With Us

Owen is, by conventional standards, a little young to be as big a Star Wars aficionado as he has turned out to be. We know this because he is infatuated with his Star Wars underwear which was the smallest we could find yet is way too big for him. Not enough junk in the trunk to keep Yoda from sagging. Owen's plans for his own birthday party shifted rapidly over the last couple of months before finally landing on a Star Wars theme last week. Beth and I made it happen. And I think we did pretty well. The surprise hit? Cupcakes.

Fondant, cut out with bell-shaped cookie cutters.

The icing pen we bought failed me. I was forced to resort to frosting in a ziplock bag. Not perfect, but I clearly had a bunch of little Vaders on my hands.

And no Darth would dare be seen without licorice whip light sabers.

Princess Leia came to the party too, complete with sexy Oreo-bun hair.

Batman Darth was pleased...

...and so was Owen...

...and in the end, Darth was no match for The Force.

Owen was in heaven and so were we. This is the first birthday when he's really comprehended that all this stuff - the people, the presents, the celebration - was for him. And he loved every minute of it. Just as we've loved every minute of him.
Posted by Chris at February 14, 2011 7:26 AM

Comments

The Leia cupcakes with the Oreo buns are marvelous. So glad you all got to enjoy Owen's birthday.

Posted by: Annie at February 14, 2011 9:01 AM

Oh so cute! (The cupcakes and Owen!)

Posted by: Elizabeth at February 14, 2011 9:35 AM

Good job on the cupcakes, they look totally awesome!
Glad that everyone had a great time, sounds like fun :-)

The name is Cactus, Chris Cactus. I'm married to Beth Fish and for some strange reason the universe has entrusted me with two kids - The Mia Bean and Owen (who has yet to get a cool nickname that's stuck). I've made hats, painted houses, designed websites, and built networks for a living but now I'm your average IT security geek. I like my coffee black, my politics liberal, my music loud and my books, well, I just like books.